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Volvo Cousin ZEEKR Partners With Waymo for Autonomous Taxis

Volvo Cousin ZEEKR Partners With Waymo for Autonomous Taxis

Chinese automaker Geely’s luxury electric vehicle brand ZEEKR will take the lead on building robotaxis that will roll out in Los Angeles,…


New Public and Private Funding Drives Energy Storage Solution Development

New Public and Private Funding Drives Energy Storage Solution Development

Freyr Battery and Quidnet Energy have raised funds to advance their battery and pumped hydro energy storage solutions.


News Dec 13, 2022 by Mike Falter
Photovoltaic Module Technology: Choosing the Right Solar Panel

Photovoltaic Module Technology: Choosing the Right Solar Panel

The renewable energy sector has grown exponentially in the last decade and seen changes in photovoltaic module technology. This article provides an…


Programmable Power Sources Handle Variety of Grid-level Applications

Programmable Power Sources Handle Variety of Grid-level Applications

New Sequoia and Tahoe Series generate precision AC and DC power signals for regenerative load simulation and complex power system development.


new products Dec 12, 2022 by Mike Falter
Low-cost Photocatalysts for Producing Hydrogen With a Simple LED

Low-cost Photocatalysts for Producing Hydrogen With a Simple LED

Researchers at Princeton University and Rice University have demonstrated a low-cost and energy-efficient technique to transport and store green…


News Dec 12, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Using EVs as Mobile Battery Storage Could Boost Decarbonization

Using EVs as Mobile Battery Storage Could Boost Decarbonization

MIT researchers have published a paper on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, which allows electric vehicles to return energy to the power grid and…


Fusion Power Promises: Separating the Hype From Reality

Fusion Power Promises: Separating the Hype From Reality

If only there were a fusion reactor that not only made its own tritium fuel from lithium but also produced enough excess for a tidy profit.


Researchers Create Optical Sensor to Detect Hydrogen Leaks

Researchers Create Optical Sensor to Detect Hydrogen Leaks

Swedish and Dutch researchers recently invented an artificial intelligence-enabled optical sensor to detect hydrogen leaks. The technology can be…


Motor Starters Part 5: Pros and Cons of Soft Starters

Motor Starters Part 5: Pros and Cons of Soft Starters

This introduction to soft starters, which utilize voltage reduction, will address working principles, provide wiring diagrams, and feature the…


Projects Aim to Maximize Organic Solar Cell Performance

Projects Aim to Maximize Organic Solar Cell Performance

New research projects shed light on a new mechanism of organic solar cells and materials for bringing out their best performance.


DOE Directs Billions to Nuclear, Power Grid, Battery Recycling

DOE Directs Billions to Nuclear, Power Grid, Battery Recycling

The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced more financing opportunities and credits to improve and expand America’s power grid and battery…


News Dec 04, 2022 by Shannon Cuthrell
Huawei FusionSolar Safeguards BESS With Smart String ESS

Huawei FusionSolar Safeguards BESS With Smart String ESS

Huawei FusionSolar incorporates fire, electrical, structural, and artificial-intelligence-based safety features into its Smart String energy…


News Dec 03, 2022 by Stephanie Leonida
Blockchain Ledger System Can Increase Power Grid Cybersecurity

Blockchain Ledger System Can Increase Power Grid Cybersecurity

The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a blockchain ledger system that might help utility companies and…


When Will We See Hydrogen-powered Airliners?

When Will We See Hydrogen-powered Airliners?

In the quest to achieve zero-emission aviation, scientists and airlines are discovering that flying takes a lot of energy and jet fuel is proving…


Creating Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells With Iron-based Cathodes

Creating Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells With Iron-based Cathodes

Researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have developed a low-cost, scalable cathode material for record-performing…


Harmony Energy Becomes Europe’s Largest Battery Energy Storage System

Harmony Energy Becomes Europe’s Largest Battery Energy Storage System

Harmony Energy Storage achieves a new milestone, delivering Europe’s largest battery energy storage system with a 196 megawatt-hour energy capacity.


News Nov 30, 2022 by Stephanie Leonida
Using Mud Batteries as Low-cost Soil Moisture Sensing Solution

Using Mud Batteries as Low-cost Soil Moisture Sensing Solution

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz have developed a first-of-a-kind mud battery technology using microbes to harvest…


National Electrical Code 2023 Basics: Grounding and Bonding Part 4

National Electrical Code 2023 Basics: Grounding and Bonding Part 4

Learn how to make ground connections on the supply side of the service disconnect, determine which conductor to ground, and measure the main and…


Climate TRACE Technology Provides Emissions Accountability

Climate TRACE Technology Provides Emissions Accountability

A new satellite-based tool used artificial intelligence (AI) to provide greenhouse gas emission data for more than 72,000 individual locations…


National Electrical Code 2023 Basics: Grounding and Bonding Part 3

National Electrical Code 2023 Basics: Grounding and Bonding Part 3

Learn how to ground service-supplied AC systems and abide by the new NEC 2023 rules.